The musical is about a love story of a young writer, Christian, who falls in love with the terminally-ill star of the Moulin Rouge actress, Satine.Satine mistook Christian for the Duke, a potential investor in the cabaret, but soon know that he was just a writer without money, by this time Christian has fallen in love with her. The Duke also loved Satine and tried to interrupt them. Christian and Satine claim they were practicing the lines for the Moulin Rouge's new show. The Duke became jealous and threatened that he may stop financing the show. At the end of the show, Satine succumbed to her illness.
Jessica Crupi 2371771 HUMN 3B02 Lee Slinger The Romantic era was a period of war and revolutionary combat. War and rebellion were essential elements that influenced the flow of ideas in this period. An entire generation of European writers, composers, and artists were influenced by these events. War inspired romantic artists to address themes of liberty and democracy, while considering the function of revolution as an opportunity for political and social change. Writers used the spirit of the revolution to distinguish their poetic sensibilities.
Romanticism and Realism in "Editha" William Dean Howells' opinion of romanticism is his novel "Editha" by having the character of Editha symbolize his views on romanticism. When George announces that there is war, Editha surprises her lover and audience by saying "how glorious." She romanticizes the war by calling "any war glorious that is for the liberation of the people who have been struggling for years against the cruelest oppression." It's hard to figure out if Editha truly loves George, or if she is overtaken by the thought of having someone heroic to love. One of the ways Editha views life is that to have good things one must prove himself or herself worthy of it, for instance her love.
The play demonstrates that state and patriarchal power is enforced not only physically, but by aesthetic means. We understand by aesthetic means whats concerns to the art and beauty. In this play sexual passion and the need for individual liberty are always transformed to an imaginary artistic level. The second case we can find in theAmazon Hippolyta who expressed her rejection about her marriage with the Duke Theseus. But the violence of the Theseus conquest over Hippolyta was to be turned into beauty, aestheticised.
Each work of fiction demonstrates the differing aspects and motivations that can result from the feeling of love. Love can make people act differently, as if they are different people completely. Browning’s poem, “My Last Duchess,” explores the possessive side of love and looks at the motivations behind this type of emotion. Throughout the poem, the duke is speaks of his first wife, by describing the painting by Frà Pandolf. “After saying that he alone opens the curtain, the duke promptly begins a catalog of complaints about the way that his wife had acted” (Marchino, 2).
LaShanté Churchwell Theatre Heritage II 19th Century Romanticism ( Melodrama Elements of romantic theatre arose from a reaction against the rationalism of the enlightenment, which sparked sentiment in the emotions of the people. This was in stark contrast to the scientific methods of investigation in civilization and culture that the enlightenment of the late eighteenth and nineteenth century represented. The main idea of the enlightenment was to bring the light of reason to areas of darkness in human understanding (Arts and Humanities through the era, 2005, Philosophy of the enlightenment pg 304) and in relation to the enlightenment of theatre, it translated to the inner life and emotional aspects of its characters. As romanticism evolved, emotion became the core of theaters aesthetic experience in its reaction to the central focus of scientific reason and human will. The enlightenment seemed to disregard emotion- which is central to human life, and theatrical romanticism elevated folk art, language and emotion because emotion runs stronger and deeper than the intellect or will of a human being.
He worshiped Venus through sacrifices and made a wish for Galatea, the sculpture, to come to life. That night, Cupid came to the statue and kissed it, bringing it to life. Pygmalion awoke to the woman of his own creation and they were married. George Bernard Shaw, many years later, wrote the play Pygmalion, which is a reinterpretation of the myth. In the play, Henry Higgins is a well-educated phoneticist who takes an ordinary flower girl and turns her into a perfect woman by teaching her manners and language.
Romanticism is defined as a movement opposite to Classicism which shifted Western attitudes in relation to art and human creativity (Brians). The movement started as a response to the Enlightenment. Based on the rejection of previous societal rules, its foundation was built on the response to emotion over reason. Pure logic and rationalism were deemed insufficient to solve the present problems. Among the romantic ideals, self-expression played a key role.
J.S.P Tatlock tackled the question of whether the middle ages were romantic or rationalistic, explaining that the two coexisted in society at that time. Tatlock attempted to describe the relationship between romanticism and rationalism in the middle ages by explaining that “romancers in general did not seek to heighten the marvelous which they inherited, but rather to explain it, and to make of it memorable embodiment of the principles of conduct which they esteemed” (Tatlock 297). In this statement Tatlock is explaining that the romanticism that is evident from this time period is misinterpreted by today's society. The emotional, romantic side of the Middle Ages, is all that society today chooses to look at, is a clouded perception because in truth romanticism was just as present in the Middle Ages as rationalism was. Tatlock suggests that the Middle Ages were both romantic and rationalistic allowing for a connection between the logic and emotion involved.
Benedict on Freedom Benedict consistently criticizes secularity for their modern definition of reason. This incorrect definition leads to their incorrect perception of freedom. Modernity identifies freedom with anarchy or “the possibility of doing anything.” Benedict argues that this brand of freedom is empty and asserts because of the nature and dignity of man that freedom requires a “communal substance,” – a right way of living in common. Freedom must be oriented towards the recognition of human dignity. Furthermore, politics must be enlightened by truth to further freedom and protect human rights.